Reduce, Reuse and Recycle in Goomalling

The Shire of Goomalling aims to reduce waste going to landfill and helps provide services that allow the local community to reduce, reuse and recycle.

Remember, as well as helping the environment, recycling can also earn Goomalling money - for example scrap metal that is taken to the allocated place at the tip can be sold for thousands of dollars, saving ratepayers money. And proceeds from recycling by the Goomalling Lions Club are donated back to the community.

GOOMALLING LIONS RECYCLING DEPOT

Located on White Street behind the railway line. Please sort your recyclables in the appropriate areas as indicated. The Lions Club also provide a pick up service within the Goomalling townsite on the second Sunday of each month. All funds raised by the recycling program are invested back into the community through donations.

Newspapers and magazines

Plastic – bags, bubble wrap, bottles and meat trays.

Glass jars and bottles.

Cardboard

Shredded office paper

Aluminium cans

Steel cans

Vehicle batteries and radiators

OTHER

Ink cartridges and toner are collected at the Goomalling Shire Office and at the Goomalling Post Office. The Post Office also has the appropriate bags to send in your old mobile phones and accessories.

Household batteries can be dropped off at the Shire Office.

In March and September each year a drumMUSTER is organised by the Shire of Goomalling where used chemical drums can be dropped off. They need to be thoroughly cleaned and dry, and caps removed. Check our events calendar to find out the date for the next drumMuster.

Why Not Landfill?

"Landfills have environmental and financial costs that are paid for by businesses and residents. They can pollute the local environment by:

creating leachate, a toxic liquid;

generating methane, a greenhouse gas 21 times more powerful than carbon dioxide; and

producing repulsive smells.

They also represent a lost opportunity as valuable materials are removed from the economy."